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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
Assurances from R,s.,

BERLIN, December 2S.-The poo.
fishes a telegram from Vienna tbot n pu'
Lobanoff, the Russian Ambassado, a.
has assured Count Kalnoky that pa as.'
is pursuing a policy of peace and tb,t ~
concentration OF Russian troons q uH
Galician frontier is not intend.d % VI as
gressive movement, oil a.
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An Entente Poss;h,.

ST. PETERSBURG, December 2s.-n..
sion between Russia and aus..: -Ds'A'
symptoms OF relaxing. The Gros,h 'u0s'
declared that an entente is poss;b,. Dua'a
on the most difficult points in tbs p even
rian dispute. 'ue bulgs
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"A Loose Bargain.

Buffalo Drift: Housekeeper-See here,
those were not spring chickens you sent me.
Great Scott! my wife had to carve them
with an ax. They must have been ten years
old.
Grocer-You called for spring chickens,
but you made no reference to the year. ri
swear they were raised in the spring.
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II ReaSOn why.

Judge: Customer-Is your MIX N"'
pure?
Milkman-Perfectly pure ma'am'
c. (dubiously)-It may be- ou'-
M.-But what. ma'am?
Cit looks mighty blue. Tor The
M.-That's easily accounted mr feel
COWS are feeling blue. They a ."en their
blue at this time Of the .year, WIG"
supply of fresh grass is cut OIL
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which ragged in this section throughout the
night. Snow fell to the depth of five and q
talf inches and drifted badly. The highest
velocity OF the wind was thirty. six miles an
hour. The temperature at daybreak was
two below, and at noon the mercury re.
corded four below zero. The line runs from
Lake Superior south to Milwaukee and
southwest to Southern Wisconsin. Colder
weather is predicted by the local signal off.
GERS. A wild snowstorm is raging in the
Upper Michigan Peninsula to-day, and
train blockades will be the result.
NEBRasKA's BLIZZARD.
OMAHA, December 28.-Tuesday's biz.
card started in Manitoba Saturday and on
Christmas bowling through Montana, Da-
kota and the western Territories, struck
Omaha Monday night with a velocity OF
thirty-twO miles an hour and temperature
IA degrees below zero. while Bismarck and
Fit. Buford were 20 below. 1t has little
effect on railroad traffic, the B. & M. re-
porting one freight train showed under at
Schuyler branch but all trains on time on
the main line. On the Union Pacific the
greatest delay was three hours on the east
bound flyer; all other trains picking up lost
time after the storm abated. To-day
agents west of Omaha report weather COL
der with everything on time. Trains ar
rived from Chicago and will delay to-day's
%westbound flyers 40 minutes at starting
but will pick up the time. The signal SER
vice is down between Omaha and Dead
wood and Omaha and Valentine. all the
Others working satisfactorily. At the
hotels here a number of guests ~re-engaged
rooms rather than face the storm in trains
leaving to-day.
I'M NIssnURT
ST. LOUIS, December 28.-Another sharp
charge in the weather took place here.
From 2 p. m. to 9 last night the mercury
dropped 10 degrees, with ~fiurries OF snow
and the wind blowing "a miles an hour.
Early this morning the thermometer
marked zero with a nipping but quiet at
mosphere. Since then the mercury has
risen to IA and the day has been bright
and pleasant.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, December 2S.-Last
night was the coolest of the season. The
this morning registered JIG
G. R. e. N. Railway are 16 hours late and
trains abandoned. On the c.. B. &
Quincy passenger trains from the West are
Ill a duu IuGHy 1EeiSutS Iu4u Oul.
IN
DENVER, December 2S.-The blizzard
that has spread over the Middle States
over Colorado Tuesday with but
little force, the mercury not going below
zero. Very little snow fell far east of the
line. The Colorado roads are all
schedule time. Stockm"n report
The herds doing nicely with a prospect OF
loss than for several winte. $ past. |
The grass is unusually good for this season
II the year.
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The Babcock Extingulsher Inventor.

New YORK, December 2S.-The World
says: A dispatch from San Francisco stat
ing that the inventor OF the Babcock fire
extinguisher had died there in an a%lInshouse
is incorrect. Charles f. Hayward OF this
city, who owns the Bahcock fire ex.
tinguisher patent, say tnis same man
gained a similar notoriety three years
ago when he entered a California
almshouse, but that he is Dot
the inventor {. the extinguisher or any
other relation to him. Chas. F. Babcock,
OF Boston, a chemist. they say, invented
the Babcock extinguisher in 1867. The
inventor is still alive and supposed to be
a rich man.
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Che Didn't Again

Judge: She IAN excellent sam to be
awkward partner, whose Dear
everywhere but in the rlsn0 d an. Al
me. Mr.. D'EIefant, how awkwarS
"i D,EIefant with eondescendlns e0D
tion)-Pray don't mention "'
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Further Assurance

CoNsTANTINoPLE. December 2S-u,
Won Radowitz, German Embassado, !
officially informed Kiamel pasba d.
dent OF the Council OF Ministers. tbo, o.
many will give Austria active military w.t. wy
port if Russia should provoke wo. y ~
Austria. VIII
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
Churchill's Visit Unofficial

LONDON, December 28.-The foreign Off
semi-oficially announces that the presss
OF Lord Randolph Churchill in St. Psteu
burg is entirely outside the knoWledsl
| the Government,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
B~ULLDOZING AN EDITOR.
The Mistake Of a Kansas Kowdy Who
Undertook to Do So.

Ii Mistake of a Kansas Rowdy VIII
Undertook to Do So.
Rocky Mountain News: William M. Bv.
ers. founder OF the News, called yesterday
for the purpose Of inspecting our new quar-
tiers. Sitting in the managers room on the
fifth floor he said:
This is in strange contrast with my sur
roundings when I issued the first copy OF
the News in 1859. Now 1 must tell you OF
a little incident n connection with my ear
ly day experience. The people of Leaven-
worth too it into their heads that they
would make headquarters for plains travel
at that place. With this end in view, an
expedition was organized in that city and,
under the leadership OF a man named Car
penter, started with a company of pioneers
by the new route for Denver. The attempt
to blaze out a new trail proved a failure.
They got lost on the plains and nearly all
the party died Of starvation. There were
two ~survivors-the leader. Carpenter, and
one of three brothers, who was brought to
Denver
A RAvING MANIAC.
The News office at that time was in an old
log cabin on the other side OF Cherry Creek
two-story concern, the ground floor
being used as a saloon. The News very
severely criticised the man Carpenter, and
held him responsible and criminally culpa-
BILE in the disastrous ending of the expedi-
ton. 1t was in the afternoon, and / had
just got down to my improvised sanctum.
Carpenter anne into the saloon below with
a brace of ~sixshooters strapped to his side.
He was inquiring for the editor, and was
directed upstairs. He took another drink
at the rough bar. meanwhile telling his
comrades how in a few brief minutes he
would
MAKE THAT EDITOR
back all he had said or load him with |
heard the conversation, and in a
lew minutes he landed in the office, at once
for the editor. Some OF the boys
me out. Carpenter came over with
B long stride aud a sHagger. At my right
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LADIES intending to receive on New Years
day in Butte by sending their names and
addresses to this Office by Saturday morn,
ing can have the same published in the Sun,
day society column,
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The Crown PrincA

SAN RENO, December 2S.-Dr. N,c...
zie says for more than a month the c,o,,
Prince has been free from the uupIeas.,,
sensation in the throat which he s1ns
fenced last January. T"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
A Point of Etiquette

New York Sun: Boston Mammals
mustn't speak Of your legs, FIossie, vh
we have company. 1t isn't polite.
Flossie-What should | say, mamma
drum-sticks?
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Ranquetting the Little Ones.
Sent to

SAN FRANCISCO, December %. he
steamer Oceanic arrived from China and
Japan this afternoon, and was placed in
quarantine. as two cases OF smallpox
were discovered among the Chinese steer.
age passengers. The papers and mails were
f%umigated and removed. The steamer will
probably be kept in the quarantine station
for ten days or two weeks.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
WOOL AND SILK.

Reports to the State Department From
Australia and Italy.
WASHINGTON, December 2S.-In the re-
port to the Department of State upc, tbf
Australian wool clip for 18S7-'SS. G. w
Griffin, United States Consul at Sydney
says the remarkable feature in connect;on
with inc clip is the decided Improvement in
qaallty OF the fleece over that of the pre.
vlo"s season. This is mainly due to the
Improvement OF natural grasses throuph
coploue rains in every part of the coun.
Try. Victoria wool sold in London.dur;no
November and December attracted no
SHALL at1entlon on account of it's superb
qoailty and lustre. A marked improve
ment was noticed in the condition in the
cl'p from every one OF the colonies. Tho
TOTAL number OF bales exported from
every one OF the colonies during wear and-
ing May 81 last was 1,161,576, against
t ! 1or the corresponding period of
tne previous year. The wool exnorts ott
australian colonies to the United K;no
dom during the first four months ~ ~
present. year amounted to 217.112 100
pounds, against 2l3,129,593 ponnds 80 -
!ne corresponding period of 1886. m
increase In quantity An0
WAS FAR PAS
oy the increase in value. The value ~
OF Australian woods to The
United Kingdom during the first fon.
months OF 1887, was $4s,474, 100. vh;la
OF the same period in 1886 was o,1-
S4!'ooo 9OO. The shipments for the mon4i
OF april alone amounted to Sis. $50 90 oaH
iast ! gesF S4'4 Ths 5;,.i for the same month;
United States has been very small W M me
absence OF the usual number Of Amer;c Inc
buyers was noticed at ali the Gn1 rlcan
'aies; especially at Sydney and Adela;da
a > nS IL" 1 to 1--WE were present showed no dis.
nan buyers for the kinds of :woo Ir das yer,
tie American market. The onlv " d,rost
'hipments to America consisted o;,a a' nnd
's!cs from Melbourne and 100 bales ir"r
The tets! aaubss Of SSse aoo 10
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A False

New York Sun: Young Mr.. Sissy ION
Board OF the Fleetwing)-Yesh Miss Maude,
this is a (hic) centerboard yacht. Didn't
you (hic) know that?
Miss Maude-No, l was under the impress
sion that it was a sideboard yacht.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
Austria Making Oyert,,.-

LONDON, December 2s.-A d;sD.t,
Berlin to the Exchange Telegranbrsp 'a
says it is stated that Austria, vis1 sApaa!
the pressure OF certain friends el: b
made advances to Russia by r wh;eh hs
tinued peace is assured. "nea CO..,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
Archbishop Seehers' Murderer.

PORT TOWNSEND, w. T., December 2S.-
Frank Fuller, who kille'! Archbishop Seghers
on the Yukon river in Alaska last Deem
Der, has been found guilty Of manslaughter
and sentenced to McNein's Island for ten
years and pay a fine OF 81, 900.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
Request Gra"te"'

New York Sun: Lops'n" tracts L.
bartender)-Can l leave aF"
here, my friend? ,oa;e . -,
BartanGer-Yes, you ' ~, toes 70 pew
tracks In here, aud want Wv"
toward tho door:
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Catholics -.

DUBLIN, Decemho, 90 ansemeu,
. nonoay in the Killybeam' n me- %osep,ars
inwI: us Stones St bricks, rsvo1,s near coois'
completely wrecked and VI the prissS, ''s
other houses smashed "no the rindo'.''a
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Changes Her Mind,

Merchant Traveller: When a woman ia
first married che desires to be called
Madam Some years later she feels tire.
msndogs'y sempliuented BY being called
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AT PORT

PHILADELPHIA, December 2S.-Tllis at.
ternoon seven of the fourteen crews in
charge of engines at Port Richmond ran
them on sidings and abandoned them.
Superintendent Klein at once went to the
wharf and personally thanked the crews
of the seven engines for their loyalty, and
told them that if they thought it unsafe
to remain on the engines for the time their
places would be held open for them. Klein
also called in the aid of fifty Pinkerton de-
t~ectives to protect the property and men
at work. About five hundred men are
guarding the company's yards and
wharves. Loyal employees of the company
are to be supplied with clubs for self-de-
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- When the subscriber 10 orders his sub.
ecripti0n, will be discontinued at the end of the
When the Semi Weekly is 20 continued, 1t will
be charged for at the rate of $500 per annum.
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f Ess'as nc; t tss security s, o, hi:
G %S ! int interests ? il iHR Ssas. Is': iss;e,,s
viii 1 9sm afsu, Gnt to St. i f ! on !s&ss,. B..
do,ph has visited no January. Low ,sSesii l.
N aqr RIM his stay here ~ v; Political psr ,a b.
''0''Ss0' Imperial sserst a'9istss r sss 3 =
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
MIsSOURI'S GOVERNOR DEAD.

General John S. Marmaduke of Confed-
crate Fame Expires at Jefferson
City.
KANSAS CITY, December 2S.-A Journal
special from Jefferson City says hat Gov
ernor John S.. Marmaduke died at the Ex-
~ecutive Mansion at 9:37 o'clock tonight.
The Governor has not been well since the
adjournment of the special session Of the
Legislature last summer, and taking the
advice OF friends and physicians he vent to
Europe, visiting England and Ireland
briefly and finally located on a famous
watering place in Belgium where he re-
manned three or four weeks. On Friday
last he felt badly but attended to his Off
cial duties as usual. On Saturday he was
troubled with a cough, and DR.. Dawson
was called in and informed the Governor
that he wal liable to a severe attsc of
pneumonia. By Tuesday morning his con-
dition had become SO much worse that DR..
K. f.. Young, Superintendent OF the Nevada
Lunatic Asylum, was sent for. He
remained in bed all day, but was
able to discuss official business
and join in general conversation Up to
WV NIOSh eIIS ulOIuIuS HO SDCClstl uneHSl-
ness was felt, but at that hour a change
for the worse became visible and he COM
menced sinking. By half past 2 O'Clock
this afternoon a great change had occurred
and his physicians announced that he was
beyond the reach of medical skill. He re-
manned IN Il semi-cOmatose state all after
noon and evening. At % minutes before
10 o'clock tonight, SURROUNDED by mem
bers OF his household and a number OF init |
mate personal and official associates, he |
breathed his last.
HIS BIOGRAPHY.
John Sappington Marmaduke was born
in Saline County, Missouri, March IA, 1888.
He attended Yale and Harvard Colleges,
and in June, 1853, entered West Point
Military Academy, from which institution
ne graduated four years later. He was re-
signed to a regiment under Gen. Albert
Sidney johnson. In April, 1861, he re-
organized and commanded a regiment OF
State guards. He resigned after
the battle OF Boonville and went i'm
mediately to Richmond where he rendered
his services to the Confederacy. He began
as First Lieutenant, and gradually rose
until, at the battle OF Shiloh he com.
manded a regiment. He was wounded in
this battle and made a Brigadier- General.
In the latter part of the war he COM
handed in numerous engagements in Mis-
souri, and Arkansas. In October, 1864, he
was captured, but was released in 1865.
engaged in commercial pursuits in St.
Louis from that time to 1871, after which
filled several minor State offices, among
Them Railroad Commissioner In 1854 he
vas nominated for Governor by the Demo-
rats and elected.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
4 FIGHT TO A FINISH.
What Some Of the Reading Employees
Promise of the Strike.
Chairman Lee Has Revoked the.Order
to Return to Work.
. Convention to Be Held To-Day to
Take Aggressive Measures.
The Coal Handlers at Port Richmond
Quit Work.
Five Hundred Men Guarding the Com.
pany's Property.

READING, December %. The notice oil Chair.
man Lee, Of the executive committee, to the
assemblies OF Knights OF Labor ~revoking
the order to 60 to work and once more
calling out the Philadelphia and Reading
men, has not yet reached Reading. 1t will
not generally be needed by employees who
have already refused to go out and by their
action on Monday broke the backbone of
the strike. They are all at work to-day.
The call for the Reading Railroad employees
convention to meet here tomorrow for
aggressive measures against the company,
has not created much excitement and indi-
cations are it will be SHINY attended. The
miners will be most largely represented.
The fact that about thirty members Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
obtained engines held by Knights had made
the feeling between these parties very bitter.
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SNOW ~BLOCKADES.

MILWAUKEE, December 2S.-Trains on all
roads are from n to five hours late this
morning in consequence Of tho blizzard
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A FIGHT TO A FINISH,

Around Port Richmond tonight quiet
prevails everywhere. A largely attended
meeting of Local Assembly 6,2S5 was held
this evening. This assembly is composed
OF all the employees around Port Richmond.
All Of those present were loud in the decla-
ration that this trouble would be a fight to
the finish. One of the Executive Commit
tee OF the Reading Employees Convention
said after the meeting that an order to
strike included every department OF the
system of miners ard the New York branch,
and that assurances had been received that
it would be generally obeyed. Nothing but
the United States mails will be hauled over
the road,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
A PIONEER NEWSPAPER.

The Denver News Moves into Its New
Quarters, the Handsomest In the
West.
DENVER, December 28.-The Rocky
Mountain News, the pioneer newspaper OF
Western American journalism, is celebrat.
ing tonight it's removal into new quarters
in the Patterson & Thomas block in the
centre of town, from the former office,
which was the Oldest building in the city,
which the News has occupied twenty-one
years. Leading men of the State attended
the opening and are being shown the adj
vantages Of the best equipped newspaper
office in the West. The News was first
issued April 23, 1853, and the protector is
still a respected and prosperous citizen OF
Denver. When the initial number appeared
the town consisted of four houses and sew
eral hundred tents. while an Indian village
occupied the site which is now the principal
business street. A directory census just
completed shows a population Of 100000
and a real valuation OF $50, 600, 900. The
clearings for the year are $11S, 65S, S13.5 5.
THE NEW OFFICES
of the News are the handsomest in the
West, being similar in appearance to the
Chicago Times building. The removal has
just occurred and $50 employees are en-
joying the most improved modern %flcilitie s
in their work. The opening of the new
building will be signalized tomorrow morn
ing by the publication of q fac-simile of the
first issue containing Horace Greeley's re-
port on the resources n future OF the
West, and a t~wenty-page paper giving the
history Of the News from it's inception to
the present day, :, hich, by the way, is the
most interesting and sensationalin modern
American journalism, being a full and COM
plete review of the States resources and
progress in mining, agricultural, cattle and
railway features. The opening of the News
is the event of the day, and a distinguished
assemblage has been inspecting it all night.
Ranquetting the Little Ones.
WASHINGTON, December 28.-A feature OF
the Christmas festivities in this city for the
past four years has been a dinner given to
poor children OF the District by the Chill
day the fifth annual Christmas dinner was
given, and over 1000 little ones were en-
tertained and fed. For convenience the city
was divided into three districts and tables
were laid in a large hall in each district.
The fourth dinner was given for the benefit
OF colored children at the National Rifles
Armory. Six hundred and fifty children
were made happy with a fine dinner and
presents. Mrs. Cleveland, accompanied by
DR.. Ward, of Albany, visited the Armory
Just before the children marched down to
dinner and remained until the repast was
over.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31

The issue of standard silver dollars from
the mints during the week ending D, Gem
Der 4 was $675,759. The shipments of
fractional silver coin since the 1st instant
amount to $64O.O51. The time allowed
by contract with the iron works at Balti-
more for the completion OF Gunboat No. 2
has expired. As yet all the frames of the
vessel have not been placed, and it will re-
quire six months more to complete the
vessel.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-31
COAL HANDLERS QUIT WORK.

There was a feeling OF uncertainty in
Port Richmond all day and there was
some hesitation about going on q second
strike. Still it appeared that some sort OIL
order had gone forth and at noon 700 oil
the coal handlers quit work. The leaders
claimed they had gone on a strike. but re-
representatives. of the company denied this.
This has been the situation all afternoon.
The crews.often Reading collieries have been
discharged characterization in refusingto
take vessels out when ordered to do sc.
All alous the lines in this city running into
their different stations trains seem to be
running as usual, and to casual observers
no indication OF trouble would appear.
With exception OF the coal handlers at
Port Richmond there does not appear to
be any trouble, and diligent inquiry has
to reveal the true situation, and al
though the order for the strike is generally
believed to have been issued, this material
point cannot be definitely learned. Dis
Goodman, at Port Richmond, said
he had been told by a number OF men
during the day that if there was another
order to strike they would probably not
Obey it.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-07-19
ROYAL GEORGE, Jr.
WILL STAND FOR THE SEASON
AT
BEhT0N'S LIVERY STABLLS,
CAESO~ CITY.

This horse is a chestnut, I53
hands high, weighs l, 100 in road
condition, was sired by Royal
George, he by Warrior. son of
Tippoo, dam by Harris Handle
tonian; Tippoo by Ogden's Mes
senger, Ogden's Messenger by
imported Messenger. Harris'
Hambletonian was sired by Bish-
ops Hambletonian, dam, Mum
son mare, by imported Messen-
ger Bishops Hambletonian was
sired by imported Messenger,
dam, Pheasant, by imported
Shark. The dam of ROYAL
GEORGE JUNIOR, was "Negro
Wench," sired by Jack Hawkins,
he by Boston, dam, the cele-
brated running mar, Walnut
bark.
1t is now conceded that if
there is ever Il horse that will
trot in two minutes, it will be
one that has the blood of these
two great strains, Boston and
Messenger.
Anyone having doubts of the
breeding of Royal George, Jun
ior, can have his record proven
by calling on his owner,
j. NJ. BENTON,
Carson City, Nev.